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Find the slope of the line passing through the points (5, 6) and (5,-8)

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Answer:

Undefined

Explanation:

Slope is equal to the change in y over the change in x.

m = (y₂ - y₁) / (x₂ - x₁)

Let your points (5, 6) be (x₁, y₁) and (5,-8) be (x₂, y₂). Therefore you have

m = (-8 - 6) / (5 - 5) = -14 / 0

Dividing by zero will lead you to have an undefined slope

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